The Argentine manager admitted he is to blame for Los Leones slump in form as the Basque entity registered their third defeat on the trot.
After overwhelming Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League, Athletic Bilbao have failed to play at their established high standards.
In their latest La Liga outing, the Basque outfit succumbed to yet another defeat against Atletico Madrid, falling to the brilliance of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276.
It is the third defeat in succession for Los Leones after their unimpressive results against Osasuna and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863. In the aftermath of the match, Marcelo Bielsa admitted responsibility for their defeat.
Continuing on the topic, he stated that he should have made changes to the tactics to vary the outcome of the match but failed in his approach.
"I feel particularly responsible for the loss. I was taking decisions which did not change what I wanted to correct and weakened where the team was solid."
Reflecting on the details of the match, Bielsa stated that his team were good defensively but failed to create clear cut chances in the match. He added that Bilbao failed to threat Thibaut Courtois in Atletico’s goal and paid dearly at the end.
Continuing on the subject, he opined that his tactics back fired completely, bringing opposite results in the process.
"When I wanted to correct that, the team improved offensively and weakened in the most reliable in retrieving ball. In the last 15 minutes but the game build arrivals was too track," he said.
Athletic trainer argued that San Jose’s substitution after the interval was to bring http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcos-c23772 in a deeper midfield role that would allow more depth to their playing field.
"We made the substitution but no depth. The second change was also for someone to organize the attacks from a position below. Muniain was effective offensive only in the last 15 minutes," he said.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Athletic-Club-c38535 have slumped to ninth in La Liga rankings with 10 league fixtures remaining. The Basque club need to get their act sorted out in their final matches of the season.
After a good season so far, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554 Bielsa’s men have added a paltry 8 points from their 8 Primera Division outings.
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